Surgical treatment for atrial fibrillation: Where do we stand?

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 210-216

  Fragakis, Nikolaos ^a   Katritsis, Demosthenes G ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b Athens Euroclinic ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Coxmaze procedure; Minimally invasive; Surgery; Thoracoscopic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOABLATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MICROWAVE THERAPY; MITRAL VALVE; OPEN HEART SURGERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 84865616700     PISSN: 11099666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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